Creative Arts and Crafts

Create a gallery of artwork! In each lesson, students will paint a different fall-themed art piece with step-by-step instructions using Acrylic paints. Students will learn techniques and best practices to nurture the artist within, they will also learn interesting facts about the weekly painting subjects and gain confidence to explore painting and artistic freedom further. This course is geared towards beginners. No experience is necessary.

Create your own costumes for cosplay, theatre, or holidays. Learn basic skills to create your costume. Using commercial patterns as the basis of your creations you will learn how to:

Take accurate measurements
Safely cut fabric
Basic alterations

Beginner and novice costume makers will benefit from learning how to read garment pattern instructions, as well as choosing the right materials for their creations. A supply list will be provided during the first class.

Wheel Throwing and Hand Building are taught in this beginner's ceramics course. Learn centering and tool use for shaping thrown items such as simple forms, cylinders and bowls. In the introduction to hand building, learn how to create functional and decorative work using a variety of techniques. Projects develop from your skill level and personal ideas. Class price includes materials fee.

Class instruction time is 2 hours with an additional 30 minutes for clean-up.

This class is designed to engage students in more advanced ceramic techniques and projects. Students will develop and enhance skills learned in the Ceramics I class, as well as refine and experiment with new materials and techniques. Class price includes materials fee.

Class instruction/work time is until 8:00 pm; final 30 minutes are for clean up.

Want some time in a ceramics studio? Sign up for the Ceramics Lab and you will get to use the space to do your own hand building projects, wheel throwing and have your projects fired. This time is on your own, instructor will be there to answer questions, but no instruction will occur. Clay is not provided.

Have you always wanted to make your own cards for the various holidays throughout the year for loved ones, but don't consider yourself particularly artistic? Are you tired of paying increasing amounts of money for store-bought cards? If you answered "yes" to either of these questions, then this is the class for you!...

Move beyond the auto mode of your digital camera and take great photos in any situation! Through this basic hands-on course, you will explore modern photography in simple, real-world terms.

Learn to work with RAW images, advanced camera controls, when to use manual controls, shooting for HDR, retouching images and composition. Three outdoor shooting labs included

In this introductory course students will learn the basics of composition, contouring, value marking and how to use them in their own art practice. Multiple drawing tools will be demonstrated to help students find which ones best suit their artistic style. Students will practice drawing through observations of still life.

This class is a fun way for students of all levels (beginners to experienced) to learn or improve their glass fusing skills. Students select 2-3 small projects as they work hands-on to cut, design, and create fused glass. Projects may include: icicles, tiles, hanging decorations, or colorful elements for use in other mixed media projects. All materials, tools, supplies provided in class.

Bring color to your table by creating your own glass dishware! This fun, hands-on class covers the basics of Glass fusing and Slumping for students of all skill levels. Prerequisite: Fused Glass I or Fused Ornament/Tile class. This is a two-day course.

This comprehensive 2-week course is designed to introduce beginners to the art of jewelry making. Through a series of hands-on lessons, participants will learn the fundamental techniques and skills necessary to string bead their own beautiful jewelry pieces such as earrings, necklaces and bracelets.

Lightroom is Adobe's image management and enhancement program designed specifically for photographers. Lightroom makes managing, enhancing and sharing your photographs easy and efficient. Learn how to organize, back up, manage, and enhance your images. Learn to integrate Lightroom and Photoshop or Elements. Includes an introduction to Photoshop. No prior experience with Lightroom is necessary; laptop computer recommended but not required.

Photoshop is an industry standard tool for graphic designers, web designers and photographers. In this hands-on course, you will learn how to enhance, modify and improve photographs. Topics include using the Photoshop interface, including panels, options and personal customization; effectively selecting, correcting and layering your compositions; retouching and correcting images; improving photos with color corrections and image adjustments; and practicing tips, tricks and shortcuts to increase your Photoshop efficiency.

This class is for iPhone photographers with little to no experience making images with the iPhone. Learn some of the secrets to capturing stellar images and some of the basic fundamentals of photography.

Learn how to make artistic choices with your digital camera. In this class you will learn about:

Composition
Using manual settings on your digital camera
Manual setting terms
Lighting

Join us for a festive evening of creativity with our Paint and Sip: Winter Holiday class! Perfect for all skill levels, this course provides step-by-step instruction by a professional artist, guiding you in creating a winter-themed masterpiece.